Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs

Chrysler Group LLC is recalling almost 745,000 Jeep sport utility vehicles in the United States
to fix a part that could cause the airbags to inadvertently deploy.

Chrysler, controlled by Italy’s Fiat SpA, is recalling 744,822 Jeep Grand Cherokee and
Liberty SUVs from model years 2002 through 2004 because a part in the vehicles’ airbag control
module may fail, according to documents filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.

A failure of that module could cause the front airbags, side curtain airbags and seatbelt
pretensioners to deploy inadvertently while the SUVs are being operated, increasing the risk of
injury or accident, according to NHTSA documents.

In October 2011, NHTSA opened a preliminary investigation relating to complaints of
inadvertent airbag deployments in Liberty SUVs, according to the documents. In January 2012, the
probe was upgraded to an engineering analysis to include the Grand Cherokee SUVs.

The probe found 215 cases of inadvertent airbag deployments that resulted in 81 minor
injuries involving both SUVs, according to the documents. There were no crashes found to have been
caused by inadvertent airbag deployment.

Chrysler’s dealers will install a supplemental jumper harness to the airbag control module at
no cost to owners. The recall is expected to begin in January.